Most if not all databases provide tools to filter data; even simple mail-merge programs might offer basic filtering capabilities. This is so important that, although Access has many built-in features to help the user in this task, developers often n…

Today's users almost expect this to happen in all search boxes. After all, if their favourite search engine juggles with tens of thousand keywords while they type, and suggests matching phrases on the fly, why shouldn't they expect the same from you…

In Microsoft Access, learn how to “cascade” or have the displayed data of one combo control depend upon what’s entered in another.
Base the dependent combo on a query for its row source:
Add a reference to the first combo on the form as criteria i…